Théophagie

Deities

RELIGION

Greek Pantheon

140 years ago (870 AD in the real world – 0 MT by the new calendar)

Hera led a revolt against Zeus and the entire Patriarchal regime of Gods and Men. After catching Zeus in the act of raping the nymph Kallisto, Hera became murderously enraged – killing the both of them, and inadvertently taking over his domains. Seeing that the strongest of the deities had been killed the other female deities quickly responded, and Hera organized assassinations on all the male deities. There are two notable exceptions to this – Poseidon proved to be too powerful for the goddesses, and Hermes played a trick on Demeter, fooling her into slaughtering her own priestesses in place of he and his sorcerers at Notre Dame.

While the deities made efforts to end the lineages of the male deities there are at least a few who escaped such fate – Hercules was at sea, and Poseidon protected and saw him to the shores of Britonia. While Minos himself was slain his lineage still reigns in Crete. Perseus, with the aid of Pegasus, has evaded their efforts as well.

Poseidon is too powerful for the other Gods to attempt to slay without surprise, which is now not possible after the slaying of his brothers.

Note: Followers of Poseidon in Minoa follow a belief structure known as the Cult of Poseidon. While Poseidon is the only deity in the cult capable of having clerics, there are several more figures that are given reverence. See the link for more info.